Critical Notes

Thanks so much to all of you who joined us last night at our virtual ceremony honoring the winners of the 2019 NBCC Awards and announcing the finalists for the

Members and friends, we’ll be celebrating the winners of the 2019 NBCC Awards, and announcing the finalists for the 2020 NBCC Awards, at a free virtual event on Sunday, January

We hope you’re all doing as well as can be after the events of last week. Please stay safe and stay hopeful as we navigate the difficult days ahead. This

We hope that all of you will be able to join us later this month for a special ceremony honoring our 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award winners and announcing

We’d like to thank you all so much for your support over this past year, and we hope that 2021 is a brighter year for all of us. Please stay

“Some wonder if the star of Bethlehem Occurred when Jupiter and Saturn crossed; It’s comforting to look up from this roof And feel that, while all changes, nothing’s lost, To

The NBCC will be celebrating the winners of our 2019 awards, and announcing the finalists for our 2020 awards, next month! We’d love it if you could join us at

Our members have been keeping busy this month, reviewing books by authors like Jane Smiley, Manuel Vilas, Marilynne Robinson, Ayad Akhtar and more, and interviewing writers like Susan Minot, David

We hope you all had a great holiday! This week, our members have reviews of books by Diane Cook, Caz Frear, Zaina Arafat, Simon Han, and more, along with interviews

“Listen with the night falling we are saying thank you we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings we are running out of the glass rooms with